Background
Ancer was born in McAllen, Texas, raised in Reynosa, Mexico, and has dual American and Mexican citizenship.
Ancer was born in McAllen, Texas, raised in Reynosa, Mexico, and has dual American and Mexican citizenship.
He played college golf at Odessa College and the University of Oklahoma, from which he graduated in 2013. During his one year at Odessa, Ancer was a first-team All-American and finished in a tie for second in the Junior College National Golf Championship.
At Oklahoma, he saw his most success during his first year, winning twice while having the sixth lowest scoring average in Oklahoma history of 72.03. During his entire career, he ended up second in all-time scoring average and ended up with the third most birdies (352) in school history. Ancer turned professional in 2013.
In December 2014, he tied for 35th place at the Web.com Tour Qualifying School final stage.
He finished 11th in the regular season money list, which earned him a Professional Golf Association Tour card for the 2016 season. 2009 Odessa College Invitational Web.com Tour wins.